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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Energy Department's watchdog says government agents hired to drive nuclear weapons and components in trucks sometimes got drunk on the job, including an incident last year when two agents were detained by police at a local bar during a convoy mission.
The Energy Department's assistant inspector general, Sandra D. Bruce, said her office reviewed 16 alcohol-related incidents involving agents, candidate-agents and others from the government's Office of Secure Transportation between 2007 through 2009. A new report Monday said the incidents "indicate a potential vulne
Originally posted by tokyodynamite
Wow this really caught my eye on the Yahoo! homepage. Are these the type of unstable people that should be transporting our nuclear weapons? What would happen if some of these trucks got hijacked while these drivers were drunk and fell into the wrong hands? They are investigating over 16 different cases.
Do they just hire random drivers?
Kind Regards,
TokyoDynamite
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